Windblown

Gallery: FloraPosted June 2, 201582 views10 comments

It was very windy on Sunday. The look of this flower was changing constantly because the wind would blow the petals, which are rather large, in all different directions.

Canon 60D, f/16, 1/500, ISO 800, 300mm focal length, Topaz Denoise on bg.

All comments welcome and appreciated.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 2, 2015 at 5:54 PM

The flower is a peony and you've captured the floppy, fragile petals in a pleasing pose. Your image has a good composition and a clean background. Well done.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 2, 2015 at 9:41 PM

Barb

You have done well to capture this under suboptimal shooting condition! Nice pose and good separation from the bg. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 2, 2015 at 9:53 PM

Barb - Very nicely done !. Love the gaps between the petals to show the center.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 3, 2015 at 1:42 PM

Good job, Barb! Considering the conditions, excellent. Good complementary colors. devil

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on June 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM

Great picture, Barb, especially given the conditions, You can tell that it was windy from the contorted petals, but the flower is otherwise very sharp. And the colors are great.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on June 4, 2015 at 12:35 AM

Barb, great DOF management and nice background. I like the two front petals, one is almost opened and the other is almost closed. Well done!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 4, 2015 at 6:50 PM

Nice Barb! Excellent light, color, detail, and DOF.

Especially like the petal textures, and the green BG that transitions darker towards the top.

Very good work under the windy conditions, well done! devil

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 4, 2015 at 9:30 PM

Hi Barb,

Wind is always a problem, but your technique worked very well with this image. The angled fold in the foreground peal is very nice. Well done devil .......................Jim

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 5, 2015 at 9:49 AM

Just lovely in every way, Barb ! Such a nice feel to the petals and fine sharpness in the centre details, all on the beautifully graded bg.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 5, 2015 at 5:48 PM

Barb: Wonderful color palette and I especially like the POV and BG. Very well done.>=))>

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